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  • A Complicated Deal (Part II)

    Four criminal convictions, one suicide, and one satisfied customer: Unravelling Donald Trump’s “complicated” 1993 Palm Beach real estate purchase from convicted fraudster Leslie Greyling. Earlier this month I blogged about Donald Trump’s 1993 Palm Beach real estate deal with Leslie Greyling, a notorious South African fraudster who was later deported to England after a string of…

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  • Alt-Medicated in Beverly Hills

    Founder of “cult-like” alt-med cancer charity Johannes Fisslinger took donations from Clint Eastwood and other celebrities to fund breast cancer research. But now Fisslinger says the money wasn’t used to research breast cancer. Another celebrity says Fisslinger used her name and image without her consent to promote a high-profile breast cancer research fundraising gala in…

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  • Arif Gets Streisanded

    The Daily Beast picks up my story about Turkish court-ordered takedown requests by Trump’s Bayrock business partner Tevfik Arif re: his 2010 arrest in prostitution sting source Via “Trump’s Business Partner Tries to Erase his Prostitution Bust From Web” by Lachlan Markay, The Daily Beast, July 21, 2007: A former Russian government official – and…

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  • The Trump Network: Caveat Emptor

    A quick look at Trump’s failed new-age pyramid scheme “At no time in recent history has our economy been in the state that is today. It’s a mess. The economic meltdown, greed, and ineptitude of the financial industry have sabotaged the dreams of millions of people. Americans need a new plan. They need a new…

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  • A Complicated Deal

    What were the details of Donald Trump’s “complicated” real estate deal with South African fraudster Leslie Greyling? In November 1993, Donald Trump paid $1.6 million for 1094 S. Ocean Blvd, a 7,863 square-foot, marble-floored house adjacent his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. source Trump purchased the house for less than half the original sale…

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  • The Felix Sater Files

    Read the deleted websites of Trump’s racketeering Russian-American former business partner and senior advisor Yesterday I blogged about Felix Sater, a Russian-American real estate mogul and convicted fraudster who was at one time a senior advisor to Trump. Trump with Felix Sater (source) Sater found fame during the 2016 election when Trump’s Russia connections became…

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  • Sater the Sockpuppeteer

    Did former Trump advisor/Russian-American real estate mogul Felix Sater delete info about his criminal history from Trump’s Wikipedia page using a sockpuppet account? READ UPDATE HERE When Trump’s Russia connections became a focus for journalists during the 2016 election, Felix Sater, a convicted racketeer and former government informant, was a key figure. Felix Sater with…

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  • The Higher Education Police

    UK’s Northumbria police department accuses me of abusing its complaints system for enquiring about student’s allegation of officer overreach Last week I asked the department to comment on a threatening e-mail allegedly sent by one of its officers, PC Mohammed Khan, to Newcastle University student Jonaya English. source According to screenshots published by English, Khan told…

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  • Arif Trumps WordPress

    WordPress blocks critical blog about Trump’s inner circle after Turkish court order from Trump’s Bayrock business partner Tevfik Arif Earlier this week I blogged about Bayrock Group CEO Tevfik Arif’s attempts to get news reports about his 2010 arrest for human trafficking removed from the Internet. Arif, a former Soviet commerce official, is best known for…

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  • Bad Day at Bayrock

    Trump’s Bayrock Group business partner Tevfik Arif demands takedown of news reports that he was arrested and charged with human trafficking According to the Lumen Database, which collects and analyses takedown requests of online content, Arif recently sent Turkish court orders to Google and Automattic (WordPress’ parent company) demanding the removal of a number of…

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